The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-09-29
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The UsuSI Budget Of News From Our Cap-
ital Correspondent.

war, anu uOW pkVuOgAVno "oAv -
the army, are well aware that Enat
article was used very frequently II not
OfteneR.
But in all their efforts to make some
thing out Of nothing In skin canes"
case; they are always putting tnelr
foot In It." and "Upsetting the pail"
Their latest effort and grandest tizzle to
get up boom for "skin cane" was az
the constitutional centennial at Phila-
delphis the other day. They knew thst
skin cane" deserved q snubbilg from
President Cleveland and his wife. II not
q Kicking out Of their road, for the IN
Rentlemsnly, uncOurteOns and boorish
| language he used, In speaking OF the
| President In his speeches at Toledo and
Caldwell. They expected the snub6ing.
| and to try and get up a big blow about
| 1t, whether he did or didn't receive 1t,
they sent their trained political liars
the Fred Mussey's-tO write up q big
snubbing; and right well they per
formed their lying work. During, and
| for days after the Constitutional Cen.
tennial, the Republican papers teemed
with living accounts about a snUD skin
cane" should have received from Prest-
dent Cleveland, at Philadelphia; and
eyery ignorant Republican In the coun.
trV believed all that the Fred MusFey's
had written about 1t. But their lying
dispatches and editorials have fallen
very fiat, and more especially so since
the following dispatch from Phlladel-
Dhia was published in all OF the leading
papers of the country, which reads:
''Mrs. Cleveland remarked that she
had come to this city determined to
please everybody, II that were possible.
She expressed herself az annoyed at the
report that she had snubbed Governor
Foraker, Of Ohio, and his wife. she
declared that 1t was untrue. The
stories we're set sf1Oat by some officials
from Columbus, o., who were very busy
| IN having the tales printed. During
the visit Mrs. Cleveland was In charge
of Chairman Thomas M. thompson, and
she did just what he told her. Mt.
DhatiCaIly that Mrs. Cleveland had
snubbed Governor Foraker or any
one else. he said: II take the full re-
sponsibility Of denying that Mrs, CleVe
land Intentionally failed to salute Gov
ernOr and Mrs. Foraker, and that she
refused to take their hands. Mrs. CleVe-
land was guided by me as to when to
continue or discontinue the hRndshak-
ing. and If Governor Foraker and his
wife passed by without being taken by
the hand II was during one of the inter
walls Of rest which insisted she should
take, and In which she had promised
she would be guided by me. The story
Is q silly one, as was the tale Of Mrs.
Cleveland's turning her back upon Gov
ernOr Foraker during the parade Fri
day. had myself taken Mrs. Cleveland
over to Mr.. Child's luncheon at the
Bellevue Hotel ten minutes or more be-
fore the Ohio troops came alcng. The
President treated Governor Foraker
with the same courtesy as he did the
other Governors. Aud Mrs. Cleveland
had no Idea Of resenting any personal
or political differences upon any Oeea.
sion. am Republican myself. but l
think 1t is q disgusting shame to drag
any politics into this sffair, and II Mrs.
Cleveland did not shake hands with
Governor and Mrs. Beaver and numbers
of other distinguished persons, 1t wasat
my direction"
Sensible people will take Mr.. Thomp.
sons word in preference to what any
degenerated son !nslRw Of Gov. Foster
or any of that Glass of newspaper or
other liars that "skln cane" had along
with him at Philadelphia to report such
fslsehOOds could write or say. So much
for the snubbing which was not re-
celved, although richly deserved.
Since the snubblng story has not
panned Oue Ps well az the Republican
leaders expeS tel, they are now raising
a terrible hue and cry about the charges
that the Democratic press have pub.
lished about "skin cane" wanting real
estate taxed higher. They now see,
when 1t is too late, that when skin
cane" opened that mouth Of his on this
subject. he talked "s0O much out Of hls
mouth" and they are now fl0undering
in a terrible manner and catching at
every straw they can but 1t is Of no use.
the current ls TOO swift against them,
and they are bound as party to sink,
even II they don't already stink, from
their long connection with and the
many rotten acts they have committed
But little history about when skin
cane" first opened his mouth on the
subject Of the revaluation Of real estate
will prove interesting, On the evening
Of March 25 1885, the Columbus Board
of Trade gav1 u banquet to the State
fficers, members of the Legislature and
OIhers. On that occasion Skin cane,"
after having partsken Of the "blue
points on half SHE'LL" and the other lux
uTies and daintieS which had been set
before him, opened that mouth Of his
out of which he talks too much, and
sale:
"There Is another reform which should
be inaugurated: The Valuati0n Of prop
erty at its real value. The Auditor Of
State at his suggestion had sent clfCu.
lar letters to the county Auditors Of the
State, asking If 1t was the custom In
their counties to fix the valuation OF
real estate at less than its true value,
and II 80, what per cent. was fixed as
such partial valuation. Responses re.
ceiVed from many Of the counties show
\ that such partial revaluati0n 10 In
vogue, and that the State therefore loses
thousands on th0usands Of dollars by
| this system, which should he ersdieated.
One Of the greatest needed reforms 10
that Of taxing property at Its actual
value."
That "chin music" Of "skln cane" was
| heard on the 25th Of March, 1885, and
appeared word for word as above pub
| lished in the Columbus Journal Of
| March 26. 1885. From that time until
| APRIL Q, 1885, the Idea Of taxing real
estate higher worked 80 hard on Skin
cane" that he sent In special message
| to the Legislature Mt the latter date,
asking that body to place higher val
uation on real estate, and 10 Q day or
two one Of "skln canes" willing tools
Brown, OF Warren--lntroduced a bill
TO carry out what "skin cane" he'd Rdv0.
Gated In his speech before the Board Of
Trade, and In his special message,
which was TO have an immediate revsl.
uation Of the real estate Of Ohio by q